Wick-trimmer.



W. J. LEB.

WICK TRIMMBR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 19Q8.

Patented Mall. 30, 1909.

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WILLIAM Il. LEE, OF ARCADIA, MISSOURI.

W ICK-TRIMMER Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 5, 1908.

Patented March` 30, 1909.

Serial No. 430,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM J. LEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Arcadia, in the county of Iron and State ol Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wick Trimmers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in wick trimmers, and has 'for an object to provide a novel construction whereby the wicks may be trimmed from without the burner into the desired curved form in order to secure the proper shape oi iiame; the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations oi' parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view o'l' a burner embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail section on about line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section on about line 3-3 oi' Fig. 2.

The burner A may in general respects be oi ordinary construction, and is provided with a wick tube B, whose upper end is of a special -form, being curved at B from end to end on the arc oi' a circle and preferably on an arc whose center will lie adjacent to the base plate A of the burner A. This curved upper end B ol' the wick conforms to the shape which it is desired to give to the wick, whereby to secure the desired shape oi' the ilame and to avoid the long tongues ol' iiame thrown out at the edge or corner of a square cut wick, and also to prevent the smoking which results from the use ol' the square cut wick as is well understood. The burner as will be understood l'rom Fig. l, is oi' a shape especially designed 'for use with a chimney, and it is desirable to provide means for scraping the wick from without the burner. l, therel'ore, provide a wick scraper C which may be made with double edges, as shown, or ci any other suitable cross sectional torni to serve the purpose, and which operates along the'l upper end ol' the wick tube lengthwise thereof and coperates therewith in trimming the wick to the desired curved il'orin. As best shown in Fig. l, the scraper C is arranged diagonally to the direction ol' length ci' the upper edge ol' the tube B, and the said scraper C is carried on the upper end oi' an arm C projecting upwardly l'rom a rock shait C2 journaled at C3 to the base plate A ci' the burner, and having a depending handle arm C4 by which the shaft C2 may be rocked to move the scraper C back and i`orth across the upper end 0l' the wick tube B, the shaft C2 being concentric with the curved upper end of the tube B, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

lt will thus be noticed l provide a wick trimmer comprising a wick tube having a curved upper end and a scraper which operates along said curved upper end, and the said scraper is arranged diagonally to the direction oi length o'l' the curved upper end oi the tube and is carried on a crank arm C projecting upwardly from an intermediate journaled point from which a handle arm depends, and constitutes a means for rocking the trimmer to cause the scraper to move along the curved edge of the wick tube and cooperating therewith in trimming the wick to the desired form.

lt will thus be understood that an important feature oi my invention is the provision, inconnection with the wick tube having a curved upper edge, oi' a scraper which operates, that is to say, sweeps along the curve from end to end as thereby l provide not only for trimming the w ick, but for trimming it accurately to the desired form and whereby the best results are obtained in the use of lamps of this character.

The wick scraper C, it will be noticed extends transversely across the curved end 0i the wick tube, is arranged diagonally to the direction oi length oi the said curved end and operates with a shearing action in both directions of the movement, coperating in this operation when moved in one direction with the upper end of one side plate of the wick tube, and in the other direction with the upper end of the other side plate oll the tube, as best shown in Fig. i of the drawing.

l claiml. The improvement herein described comprising a burner, having a base plate, and a wick tube whose upper edge is curved from end to end on the arc ol' a circle, a shaft journaled in the base plate concentric with the upper curved edge of the wick tube, and having a depending handle arm, and a crank arm extending upwardly from said shal't and provided with a scraper extending transversely across the curved upper edge of the wick tube, and arranged diagonally to the direction oi length of the curved upper edge oi the wick tube substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a burner, of a wick tube having its upper edge curved from end to end, an arm journaled at the middle of one side of said tube and thusv adapted to swing alongside the same, and a scraper carried at the upper end of saidl arm and. extending transversely across the curved edge of the tube whereby it is moved along the latter when the said arm is swung7 the scraper thus traversing the curved edge from end to end, substantially as described.

3. A burner having a Wick tube Whose upper edge is curved from end to end, cornbined With a scraper. extending transversely across suclredge and arranged diagonally to the direction of the curve and movable the plane of the` Wick tube.

4. The combination with a burner having a flat Wick tube Whose upper edge is curved from end to: end, oi' a trimmer comprising a rock shaft journaled in the base ofthe burner at right angles to the fiat side oi' the same and equidistant from the side edges of the tube, and a vertical arm which swingsv in a plane parallel to the side oi' the tube and a scraper carried at the upper end of said arm and movable along the curved edge oi the tube,

as shown and described.

WILLiAM JjLEE.

T\"\litnesses JOHN ADRIAN, PAULX. MYERS, 

